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Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services

I have only worked for one Club Z center and the owners were hands-on, thorough, organized, professional, honest, and very, very kind. I stumble a lot in any new position and they were helpful, understanding and always kind in every respect.

You tutor in pupil's homes and they are to receive 60 full minutes of tutoring. You have to juggle time a little if the parent wishes to discuss scheduling or how the child is doing. Some parents are okay with a quick 2-minute chat or texting. Others want a 20 minutes in-depth discussion. That is not paid. You have to consult your Club Z manager on how they would like you to handle such things. If there was a time issue I just told them I had to leave and a certain time and was happy to talk with them up to that point or call them later. That worked for me.

All the families I met were very kind and professional. If there was a problem they would take it up with my manager and I never knew unless he called me. It is nice to have a buffer between you and the family when needed.

Parents want the tutoring time to be productive. A good relationship with the child is essential, but you don't have to chit-chat excessively. I often promised 1-minute for them to talk to me about other things IF they did the work first. Just re-direct them. The parents are watching/listening and they appreciate keeping the child on task. I found saying, "That is so interesting. Let's talk about that AFTER we are done." I always would give them at least 1-minute afterward so they knew my word was good

You want to make sure you know how to get to the home and add some drive time in case of traffic or other unforeseen occurrences. You never want to have your schedule so tight that you can't expend 5-10 minutes if needed. Being punctual is important and so is being relaxed.

The worksheets for keeping the time is easy. Each Club Z is slightly different in how they record hours and pay you, but it is not a difficult thing.

Clubz! needs to make a way for the tutors to have work year round, somehow. Perhaps getting the tutors involved with local private and public schools as the go to for SAT, ACT and all other testing the schools require these days. Also, charging less to each family for that testing and tutoring during the summer months might increase the number of families that might not otherwise sign up for summer sessions. Free sessions for families that get other families signed up and other creative incentives would probably help. When the director/owner gets a salary on top of the tutors, of course the amount of what a family has to pay is too high for most. Maybe Clubz! can charge lower amounts for more than 1 child, and each extra child is even less. Overall, we all would make more money, and help more kiddos if we would charge less for additional kids, and even provide incentives, like an extra half hour for returning students or new actual sign ups. Also, monies should ALWAYS be paid ahead, so the director/owners and tutors do not get shafted when people owe and do not pay.

This is a good way to make some extra money, but by no means does it allow for a livable wage, especially during the school year when kids can only have tutoring lessons after school. It is a super emotionally rewarding job and you get to know the students and their families well if they keep you as a tutor, but the hours vary and you can't always control how much you work depending on if your students need your help that week. You are also not reimbursed for drive time, gas, or mileage, and sometimes you are driving for as long as you are tutoring for that day. Summer hours are good and you can fit in as many hours as you like per day, but this also requires you to do extra driving and work for each student in creating a curriculum for their next school year since they don't have any homework or tests to study for over the summer. Overall, this is a good way to make extra money, but you should not expect it to be your main source of income.

What is the best part of working at the company?
This is a well-run company.  I was one of many in-home tutors they managed from Houston, TX (I think).  All communications, pay, etc., were on time.  I was quickly matched with a student.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I thought this company was located in my same city or county, but when I accepted a tutoring job, I discovered that they were located elsewhere in Texas and didn't know a lot about the cities in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area where I live.  The result was a job in Frisco, TX - an hour drive each way on surface streets, avoiding tollways.  If I had known where the job was located before I accepted it, I might have let someone else have the job.  But the student and his mother were great!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There was very little direct oversight, which was fine with me.  They relied on reports from clients to judge my job performance.  All my interactions with the company were conducted via email or phone, never in person.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I drove one hour from my home to the student's home.  I spent at least one hour working with a 5th-grade student with ADHD in math.  Then I drove back home for an hour.

Typical day at work:
I drive from house to house and tutor kids in after school hours.  I typically work 3 to 9 or 10 every night, and all day Sunday.  I taught all levels of math, chemistry and physics.

What I learned:
The importance of stable full time work.

Management:
Nice guy.

Co-Workers:
No Co-workers, I only work one on one with clients.

Hardest Part of the Job
The fact that I have to drive from client to client means that I can only fit about 4 students into the time period.  This severely limits my ability to make money.  This company signs up tutors as independent contractors to put the tax burden of work on us.  It seems reprehensible considering that the average client pays 50 or 60 dollars per hour, and the tutor is only paid around 20 dollars.  The company takes 60% and the tutor also pays most of the tax on his pay.  I worked more than 40 hours a week and still made below the poverty level in wages. Every summer work disappears and I'm basically destitute.  

Most Enjoyable Part of the Job:
The students I help are the only redeeming part of this job.

As part time work, it’s great. It can feel very rewarding and is intellectually stimulating. You meet great people/students and learn a lot as well. You are given flexibility and reign to choose your own hours and students-locations and material you are teaching. Supervisor/management extremely supportive of tutors and will not throw you under the bus which I loved. Hourly rates are great for tutoring compared to other tutoring companies. Negatives of the job are that it’s a volatile job. In one month, you could easily make $1k literally within a month just from tutoring alone, then the next month it could be $300 or less because of less hours/students. Dealing with entitled parents and arrogant-unruly students is frustrating but when supervisor 
/management has your back it helps a lot. Overall, highly recommend for part time work, but definitely not enough to sustain your livelihood. 

If you are an educator with good experience in your field and love teaching, AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COST. They are money hungry shady company with horrible company culture and a tendency to blame the tutors. ClubZ is in Florida, so there is no local office you can touch base within YOUR area should problems arise, and many issues arise daily. The recruiters are incredibly incompetent; often NOT vetting the students they are cramming down your throat (paring your with students across the country or hours away from your home) and giving incomplete information for virtual sessions(no phone number or email for duo or zoom session) regarding the student they are pairing you up with. When they say part-time, they mean; hours usually do not go beyond 10hours if you are lucky, so don’t expect to make any kind of money. Parents will often cancel on you without notice, and that leaves you high and dry with the recruiters shrugging their shoulders. They are plenty of more competent tutoring agencies than ClubZ on Indeed; work for them instead!

My main responsibility was to work with inner city children, so this meant that driving distances and neighborhoods were less than favorable. Although this was a general opinion, it was one of the most rewarding jobs I have ever had. It allowed me to be close to the community and it opened my eyes to the reality of the day-to-day living within. 
Management was always flexible, understanding, and demanding of our skills in order to serve the community properly. Because this was not a team-oriented job it was difficult to have a professional relationship with a colleague but on the occasions when we were asked to attend school fairs and represent the company then it was always interesting to exchange experiences and advice.
The most difficult part of the job was not being able to do more for the children and families in these communities. The best was when the children would express their gratitude at the end of the program and say "Miss, I thought I wasn't going to learn anything".

Despite training and feedback being promised in the contract, no such training was provided. Communication was very poor, and the manager was very hostile, rude, and aggressive almost immediately. There were also a few instances where the employer did not display integrity with respect to both the contract and the times I would be asked to work. It's also worth noting that while the hourly pay is attractive, no compensation is provided for prep time, required paperwork, transportation time, or fuel. One would stand to make significantly more money working part-time in the fast food industry. 

While this was an overall unpleasant experience, I did learn a lot and met some fantastic students who were fun to work with.

My hrs. were my choice of how I spent my day. I scheduled students according to mine/their day ie. appts., illnesses, etc.Each student received one hr. per session. I was not micro-managed and did not have co-workers with me; each of us worked independently. The management staff were accommodating and provided materials we needed for our tutoring planning. They also had an open door policy for any family problems we were having. They hardest part of my job was going into areas that I did not frequent at other times during my day. The students were great as were most of the parents cooperative. I enjoyed seeing the student progress and open up to see learning as a gift for their future advancement to the next grade level. It was a fun job!.

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